| Chinese OEM had for years trying to clone the iPhone | | | | this review, the PinPhone 3Gs has a lot of nice |
| with more or less success. The more successful until | | | | features, but don't forget that the Pinphone is a 1:1 |
| now are the Sciphone i68+ and the CECT i9. But like | | | | copy of the iPhone, the result is that it is a completely |
| their clones brothers, the i68+ and the i9 have chosen | | | | illegal cell phone. |
| the economical approach by integrating traditional | | | | Features as found on the Internet: |
| components; starting with a 3,2 inch 60.000 colors | | | | Information Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz |
| touch screen, that does the job but without coming | | | | SIM Card Slots: 1 |
| close to the iPhone performance. They have also a | | | | CPU: MTK MT6235 |
| G-sensor to pass from one photo or song to the | | | | Operating system: |
| other, and they can play videos whether the phone is | | | | GPS: no |
| hold vertically or horizontally, the screen layout will | | | | Compass: Yes |
| automatically be adjusted. But when it comes to write | | | | Connectivity: GPRS / EDGE 2,5G / Bluetooth V2.0 |
| SMS, don't try to get the keyboard in landscape. Data | | | | Bluetooth + A2DP / USB |
| transmission is also limited to GPRS so if you are a | | | | Messaging: Chat, SMS, EMS, MMS, with handwritten |
| heavy user of data bandwidth, you might find the time | | | | input, cut copy paste message function |
| a little long as waiting for your Internet pages. Video | | | | Display Type: 16 M colors |
| playback does a good job too, but is limited in definition | | | | Internal LCD: 3.5 inches touch screen HVGA capacitive |
| and fps (frame per second) due to a pushy CPU. | | | | screen, 320*480 pix |
| Now there is a new kid on the block, launched in late | | | | Ringtones Type: Polyphonic (64 chords), support mp3 |
| 2009, the PinPhone 3Gs which is really chasing on | | | | format ring |
| iPhone territory as it is a 1:1 copy. For better credibility it | | | | User Profiles: General, Meeting, Outdoor, Indoor |
| even uses the same capacitive touch screen from | | | | Vibration: Yes |
| Sharp, a 3.5 inches 480*320 HVGA with 16 M colors. | | | | Phonebook: 2000 groups of contacts |
| So like on its model, you can move two of your fingers | | | | Memory: yes built-in 4Go |
| in or out to produce a zoom in or zoom out effect. | | | | Card slot: no |
| The PinPhone also integrates the latest video codec | | | | U-disk: yes |
| for playback: FLV (Youtube and Dailymotion), RM | | | | Support Multi-Language interfaces: English, French, |
| (Real Motions) and 3GP, MP4. | | | | Spanish, Portuguese, German, Indonesian, Vietnamese, |
| Browsing will be a pleasant experience as it is | | | | Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Persian, and Thai. |
| equipped with a built-in Opera Mini browser, EDGE | | | | Size: 115 x 62 x 12 mm |
| (2.75G) and even a fast WIFI connectivity. This means | | | | Weight: 133 g |
| that you can now access to the Internet without any | | | | Battery: Li-ion battery 3.7 V and 1100 mAh |
| data subscription, you just need to be connected to | | | | Talk time: up to 180 minutes |
| any free hotpot around the world (shopping mall, | | | | Standby time: 100 hours |
| restaurant, Mc Donald's...). | | | | Play videoï¼s120 minutes |
| The PinPhone 3Gs does also a great job on | | | | Play MP3: 360 minutes |
| messaging: its keyboard is available in portrait or | | | | TV: no |
| landscape layout, it supports manuscript and phonetic | | | | Browser: Opera mini |
| input methods as well as copy/paste functions. So you | | | | Email POP3/IMAP4: no |
| can for instance use text from a previous SMS and | | | | Camera: 2 Megapixels and 1600*1200 |
| paste it into a new message. | | | | Video recorder: yes |
| As the PinPhone has a built-in 3.5 mm universal audio | | | | Radio: Stereo radio FM |
| jack port, you will be able to upgrade it with any | | | | Music: MP3, WMA, WAV, MID. Support background |
| headphone on the market. It plays the most popular | | | | play, 3.5 mm universal earphone port output, |
| Codec MP3, WAV, AMR and MID. A very cool | | | | Handshaking to switch to next song |
| feature is the ability to scroll through album covers as | | | | Movie: AVI, 3GP, FLV, RMVB, auto rotate screen |
| for a photo album, to launch the song, you have just to | | | | when watch movie or view picture |
| tap on the picture and to change song, you just have | | | | Voice recorder: Yes with build in MIC |
| to shake the phone. Of course the phone has | | | | E-book: TXT, DOC |
| Bluetooth A2DP support, to enable connection to | | | | Photo viewer: jpg, gif, png Etc |
| wireless headphone. | | | | Games: 2 |
| The PinPhone 3Gs offers a 2.0 M pixels still camera. | | | | Java: yes |
| Unfortunately, it doesn't have an autofocus and a flash. | | | | Color: black, white |
| It is also provided with digital camera functionality that | | | | Warranty: 1 year |
| can record video clips in MPEG4 and H263 formats. | | | | Other Installed software: |
| On top of all these features, the Pinphone 3Gs | | | | Compass software, 3 build in theme |
| integrates, a 400 MHz MTK 6235 CPU, 4Gb of internal | | | | Additional Features: |
| memory for your data, a compass sensor, some | | | | Slide to unlock and power off, accelerometer sensor |
| games, JAVA 2.0, theme replacement (icons and | | | | for auto-rotate, picture caller, ringtone caller video, |
| colors)...and everything is packed in a thin body of a 12 | | | | hands free, calendar, alarm clock, calculator, currency |
| mm thickness. | | | | converter, world clock, to do list... |
| As you might have understood through the reading of | | | | |